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IJA 2732

Financial Assistance, Employment Records, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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These documents are financial records from the office of the President of the Jewish Community. They contain vouchers and receipts, payroll ledgers for employees of organizations administered by the Jewish community, and correspondence regarding salaries. The ink is very faded on several ledgers

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2732
Item Number
12823
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Correspondence, Revenue Stamps, Employment, Contract, Thumbprint, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Annotation, Ink Stamp, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Printed Text, Ledgers, Signature, President of the Jewish Community, Receipts, Judeo-Arabic, Lease, Typed

AI en Translation, Pages 351-375

Page 351

19
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Salary list of officials and employees in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Allowances | Total | Deductions | Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦His Excellency the President⟧
⟦...⟧ | ⟦Revenue Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Total⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦Dinar⟧ ⟦...⟧ |  |
10 Ten Fils
⟦...⟧ N. ⟦...⟧

Page 353

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 2/28/57
Fils:
Dinar: ⟦5⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦five dinars⟧
For: ⟦...⟧
N. S.
Signature of the recipient
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils

Page 355

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
19
Salary list of employees and workers in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧
Nominal Salary (Fils / Dinar) | Cost of Living Allowance (Fils / Dinar) | Allowances (Fils / Dinar) | Total (Fils / Dinar) | Deductions (Fils / Dinar) | Net Received (Fils / Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Ishaq Salim Abd al-Nabi⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | Entitled to transfer starting from 1/1/52 at a rate of 25/- Dinars monthly
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Naji Sayoun⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salwa Mansour Khadouri⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | Not disbursed until now ⟦...⟧ and 250/- Dinars are to be supplied for this month based on the order of His Excellency the President ⟦...⟧
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Aziz Salem⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Nouriya Rafiq⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Afrah Moallem Sharif⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Khalfa Saleh⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |

Page 357

Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ⟦...⟧ for the month of ⟦...⟧
19
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | ⟦...⟧ Allowance | Total | Deductions | Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Notes
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Abdul Nabi Shamoun⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Majid Yusuf⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Moshe Shentob⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Shawkat Ibrahim⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | The second installment of the loan amounting to ⟦...⟧ at a rate of 2/- Dinars per month
|  |  |  |  |  | Salaries of the cemetery guards | ⟦stamp: N. S. M. & Co.⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Hassan Saleh⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Nazim Saleh⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |

Page 359

Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Date: 18 / 2 / 1957
Dinar: 1
Fils: 16
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: one dinar and sixteen fils
For: ⟦...⟧ February 1957
⟦Fawzia Suleiman⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦...⟧ & Co.
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Iraq
10 Fils

Page 360

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦25 / 10 / 1952⟧
Fils:
Dinar: 8/
⟦Only eight dinars and no more⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦eight dinars and no more⟧
For: ⟦monthly assistance⟧
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧
⟦N. S.⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Salman Eliyahu⟧
Kingdom of Iraq
50 Fils
⟦signature⟧

Page 362

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for officials and employees for the month of 19
Nominal Salary Fils Dinar | Cost of Living Allowance Fils Dinar | Allowances Fils Dinar | Total Fils Dinar | Deductions Fils Dinar | Received Fils Dinar | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Adham Hamid Lari⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Heirs of Menashe Eliyahu⟧ ⟦Antoine⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Nazima Eliya⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salwa Shaul⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | ⟦...⟧
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salman Sheikh⟧ | ⟦Fingerprint⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Munib Ali Shukr⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |

Page 364

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
Fils: —
Dinar: 5
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only: ⟦five dinars only and nothing else⟧
For: ⟦our allocations for the month of February 957⟧
M. & Co.
⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient ⟦illegible⟧
Iraq
10 Fils
Financial

Page 367

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧ 19
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Allowances | Total | Deductions | Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Notes
Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Edmond Murad⟧ | ⟦Edmond Murad⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Naima Hazqeel⟧ | ⟦Naima Hazqeel⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Daoud Shamoun⟧ | ⟦Revenue Stamp 10 Fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salman Saad⟧ | ⟦Revenue Stamp 10 Fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Yaqub⟧ | ⟦Revenue Stamp 10 Fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦M. & Co. N. S.⟧ |

Page 369

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for officials and employees in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧ 19
Nominal Salary (Fils Dinar) | Cost of Living Allowance (Fils Dinar) | Allowances (Fils Dinar) | Total (Fils Dinar) | Deductions (Fils Dinar) | Net Received (Fils Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦His Eminence Rabbi⟧ ⟦Sassoon Khedhouri⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Najm Haqqaq⟧ ⟦Abdullah⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Daoud Shaoul⟧ ⟦Hayyim⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ ⟦signature⟧ |
& Co.
N. S.

Page 371

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧
19
Nominal Salary (Fils | Dinar) | Cost of Living Allowance (Fils | Dinar) | Allowance for ⟦line⟧ (Fils | Dinar) | Total (Fils | Dinar) | Deductions (Fils | Dinar) | Net Received (Fils | Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | [Revenue Stamp] |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | [Revenue Stamp] |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | [Revenue Stamp] |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | [Revenue Stamp] |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | [Revenue Stamp] |
⟦illegible⟧

Page 373

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
(Disbursement Voucher)
Date
Amount | Details | Remarks
Fils | Dinar | Salaries and allowances of the community institutions for the month of January 1957 |
⟦line⟧ | 120 | Salary of His Excellency the President with allowances |
⟦line⟧ | 867 | Salaries of the presidency's officials and employees including retirees |
⟦line⟧ | 884 | Salaries of the Al-Majidiya officials and teachers |
⟦line⟧ | 101 | Guard of the old cemetery |
500 | 107 | Monthly subsidies |
⟦line⟧ | 715 | Religious reading allowances |
⟦line⟧ | 50 | ⟦illegible⟧ |
500 | 5590 | Only ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars ⟦illegible⟧ and no more |
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
Accountant
Secretary
President
Withdrawn by (within) check number:
Dated: 29 / 1 / 195
Accountant:

Page 375

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Salary list of officials and employees in the Presidency of the Community for the month of ⟦January⟧ 1957
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | ⟦...⟧ Allowance | Total | Deductions | Net Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
86 ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | His Eminence President Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri | ⟦Revenue Stamp 10 fils⟧ |
Total only one hundred and twenty Dinars and no more
M. & C.
N. S.